[Python-Dev] a simpler way to invoke pydoc, pdb, unittest, etc

[Skip Montanaro]

    Ilya> a number of standard python modules come with a command line
    Ilya> interfaces, e.g.  pydoc.py, pdb.py , unittest.py, timeit.py, uu.py
    Ilya> But it appears that there is no convenient out-of-the-box way to
    Ilya> invoke these tools from command line...

    Ilya> Basically one either has to write wrappers or to
    Ilya> invoke them like this: python /usr/lib/python2.3/pdb.py

    Ilya> Neither approach is convenient...

    Ilya> Am I missing something obvious?

Search for "Scripts to install" in the setup.py file that comes with the
Python distribution.  If there are other scripts you'd like to see
installed, just submit a patch for setup.py.

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